Combined curb and snaffle bit.



No. 774,097 PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

- K. J. MELLEBY..

COMBINED CURB AND SNAPFLE BIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY '1, 190a. no MODEL. I 4 w Fig. 1.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 1, 1904:

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED CURB AND SNAFFLE BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,097, dated November 1, 1904.

Application filed May '7, 1903. Serial No. 156,037. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KRIs'rIAN JULIUS MEL- LEBY, a subject of the King of Sweden and Nor way, residing at Christiania, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Curb and Snaffle Bit; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a combined curb and snaffle bit; and 'it consists in a new and useful construction of such bits whereby is obtained a bit of this class that is more readily applicable to all sorts of riding than those before known.

In the accompanying drawings, whichillustrate my invention, and in which corresponding letters of reference refer to corresponding parts, Figure l is an end view of the arrangement seen from the back. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mouth-bar, partly in section.

The mouth-bar consists of three parts-the side bars a a and the tongue bar or port 6.

The side bars a a are connected to the curb bars I; b in the usual manner. The said curbbars are provided with a curb-ring 0, as well as with a snaffle-ring (Z. Instead of jointing the two side bars a a to another, as has before been used in this class of bits, I interpose between them a tongue piece or port 6, preferably of a curved form. This tongue-piece is pivoted to the side bars a a by aid of pivots f in such a way as to provide joints admitting a limited movement in a plane transversely of the curb-bars. These joints, which must of course be arranged in such a way as to avoid pinching the tongue of the horse, I

preferably arrange as shown in the drawings, the movement of the joint being limited by aid of a tooth g or the like arranged within the joint.

The bit here specified is far less tormenting to the horse and more readily applicable to all sorts of riding than the combined curb and snaffle bits heretofore known.

I claim 1. A combined curb and snaflie bit having a mouth-bar composed of three parts hinged together, so that the outer parts may swing horizontally on the middle part, the middle part being provided with a curved tonguepiece, the curve being formed in a vertical plane to provide a port or arch in which the tongue of the horse is free to move.

2. A combined curb and snaffle bit having curb-bars, straight side bars carrying the curb-bars and a middle part, the side bars be ing hinged to the middle part, said middle part being provided with a curved arch portion, the arch being in a plane at right angles to the plane in which the side bar's swing on the middle part.

3. A combined curb and snaflie bit having curb-bars, straight side bars carrying the curb-bars, a middle part, the side bars being hinged to the middle part, said middle part being provided with a curved arch portion, the arch being in a plane at right angles to the plane in which the side bars swing on the middle part, and stops to limit the amount which the side bars swing on the middle part.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

THS. BERG, J OH. VAALER. 

